Huang Zhifeng Zhou Ting sentenced prisoners | EU and US House Speakers Pelosi: Beijing eliminates dissent

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Author: Cheng Yihua

2020-12-03 02:58

Last update date: 2020-12-03 03:00

Former Hong Kong Secretary General Huang Zhifeng, member Zhou Ting, and Chairman Lin Langyan were sentenced to prison for 7 to 13.5 months for participating in the siege of the police headquarters. The Speaker of the US House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi, stated on December 2 that the US Congress had The Huang Zhifeng incident remains a serious concern. She said the verdict was shocking, and this unfair testament to the Beijing government's efforts to eliminate dissent.

The EU foreign affairs spokesperson said that these sentences are another sign of Hong Kong's narrowing of the democratic voice space.

After Huang Zhifeng and others were sentenced, Pelosi, the Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, issued a statement stating that China’s brutal verdict on these young Hong Kong democrats is shocking. This injustice clearly proves that the Beijing government has spared no effort to eliminate dissent and destroy the people of Hong Kong. The freedom and true autonomy that were promised.

Pelosi also stated that the U.S. Congress maintains serious concerns about Huang Zhifeng’s situation in prison, including his solitary confinement.

"At the same time, we are disturbed by the prospect of China increasing allegations against social activists, which may lead to longer periods of imprisonment," she said.

China's brutal sentencing of three pro-democracy leaders in Hong Kong is appalling.

We call on all freedom-loving people around the world to join us in denouncing this unjust sentencing & China's widespread assault on Hong Kongers' autonomy & freedom. https:// t.co/9DhRT1MWx1

— Nancy Pelosi (@SpeakerPelosi) December 2, 2020

EU: Hong Kong narrows democratic voice space

EU Foreign Affairs Spokesperson Nabila Massrali said that the sentences of Huang Zhifeng, Zhou Ting and Lin Langyan are another sign of Hong Kong’s narrowing of the democratic voice space. She said that basic freedoms must be ensured, including peaceful assemblies, and that the foreign ministers of EU member states will Discuss the situation in Hong Kong on December 7.

Sentencing today of Joshua Wong @joshuawongcf Agnes Chow @chowtingagnes & Ivan Lam is another sign of shrinking space for pro-democracy voices in #HongKong. Exercise of fundamental freedoms, incl. peaceful assembly, must be ensured. EU Foreign Mins. will discuss HK on 7 December.

— Nabila Massrali (@NabilaEUspox) December 2, 2020

The Associated Press reported that Maria Adebahr, a spokesperson for the German Foreign Ministry, told reporters in Berlin on December 2 that after seeing a series of worrying developments related to human rights and civil rights in Hong Kong last year, these judgments It's another incident.

In response to criticism from the international community, the Department of Justice of Hong Kong issued a statement on December 2 stating that it will not comment on the case at this stage, but emphasizes that the outside world has made partial attacks and baseless accusations against the judicial and legal system and completely ignored the case. The facts and circumstances of the United States are "neither appropriate nor sensible". It is emphasized that any attempt to improperly influence the judicial and legal system of Hong Kong by such remarks will "will only be in vain."

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